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Kyle Foreman @fork.bsky.social · 10h

Thanks for pulling this together! Inspired me to make a couple charts as well:

The Seattle mayoral election will be a nailbiter for sure. Incumbent Bruce Harrell is currently up 62k votes to challenger Katie Wilson's nearly 54k.

But as is typical for Seattle and its mail-in ballot reporting (there is no in-person voting in WA state), that leaves a lot of uncertainty. [1/n]

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Kyle Foreman @fork.bsky.social · 10h

Another way to look at it is net new votes per day of counting. Here you can see how much the vote broke towards Wilson later in the process. [6/n]

The same chart of votes, this time showing just new votes counted for each day. Wilson's largest margins (% wise) are on days 4 (Friday) and 7 (Monday).

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Kyle Foreman @fork.bsky.social · 10h

Props to @katherinemitchell.bsky.social for her original post which inspired me to grab the data:

Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 12h

Here's a look at the raw numbers in the Seattle mayoral contest, with 2021 for scale. Harrell has lost a lot of ground from his 2021 win.

Wilson gained 17,221 votes more than Harrell between the primary and general. That would be more than enough to eliminate the 8,319 vote gap here.

Vote totals: Primary election night, primary election final, general election night, general election final.

Katie Wilson 44,457 98,562 53,767
Bruce Harrell 43,160 80,043 62,086
Other 8,596 15,624 580
2021 Harrell 33,759 69,612 84,975 155,294
2021 González 25,209 65,750 46,046 109,132
2021 Other 29,344 69,402 465 777

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Kyle Foreman @fork.bsky.social · 10h

I'll update with more data from kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec... as it gets posted over the coming week. Without precinct level data, take everything with a huge grain of salt. But the election definitely isn't over yet. [5/n]

November 2025 General Election Results - King County, Washington

kingcounty.gov

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Kyle Foreman @fork.bsky.social · 10h

*If* a similar pattern holds in the general, that would extrapolate out to Wilson ending up with 119k votes and Harrell with 115k. But obviously TONS of uncertainty here. Will be an interesting few days to watch. [4/n]

The same bar chart of general and primary election results by day, but with a dotted outline showing what would happen if results came in at a similar rate to the general.

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Kyle Foreman @fork.bsky.social · 10h

Which is another way of saying that the bulk of Wilson's advantage came in later in the vote tabulating process. On election night only 45% of her eventual votes were counted, compared to 54% of Harrell's. That gap stayed pretty large until about the 4th day of counting (Friday). [3/n]

A line chart showing the proportion of each Seattle Mayoral candidate's total votes that had been counted on each day during the primary election

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Kyle Foreman @fork.bsky.social · 10h

In the August Primary, Wilson started with a slight lead, beating Harrell 44,457 to 43,160 votes in the first night results (August 5), which she then widened substantially to an 18k margin (98,479 to 79,984) by the time results were finalized. [2/n]

A chart of the daily vote totals for Seattle Mayor for both the primary and general elections (so far)

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Kyle Foreman @fork.bsky.social · 10h

The Seattle mayoral election will be a nailbiter for sure. Incumbent Bruce Harrell is currently up 62k votes to challenger Katie Wilson's nearly 54k.

But as is typical for Seattle and its mail-in ballot reporting (there is no in-person voting in WA state), that leaves a lot of uncertainty. [1/n]

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Kyle Foreman @fork.bsky.social · 2d

was it at least in 4k

Kyle Foreman @fork.bsky.social · 6d

Just imagined a guy who rinses his bananas after peeling them and now I'm so upset I need to take a walk around the block to cool off.

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Kyle Foreman @fork.bsky.social · 7d

Just did the same. Good cover, good title, worth a shot!

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8d

Kinda says it all.

@weisenthal.bsky.social $UPS

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Jesse Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · Oct 18

i am 39 years OLD. i post ONLINE. i have a stable job in a big CITY. i have a mild form of mental ILLNESS that can be treated with LITTLE to NO medication. i am going to kill myself because of postseason BASEBALL.

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Kyle Foreman @fork.bsky.social · Oct 3

Can’t wait to see Porkin Across America on the big screen

Kyle Foreman @fork.bsky.social · Oct 1

melt butter while you pop

Kyle Foreman @fork.bsky.social · Sep 26

Logo looks like Vader? Couldn't be safer!
Milo's pal pug? Your grave will be dug!

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Kyle Foreman @fork.bsky.social · Sep 25

you already made Sex House

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · Sep 14

Reading today’s big NYT Magazine story made me physically sick

It details how Trump & the men he put in charge of federal research—men like Jay Bhattacharya & RFK Jr—are dismantling cancer research

Not just the US vaccine system—they’re crushing cancer R&D

🎁Link

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

How the Trump Administration Is Dismantling America’s Cancer-Research System

www.nytimes.com

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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · Sep 12

Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13

Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · Nov 10

The problem with every post-Millennial generation is they got to go straight to high speed internet. Of course you'll get computer madness that way. Make them start with those old screeching modems and work their way up

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katie brigham @kbrigham.bsky.social · Aug 28

perhaps soon, going solar need not involve tens of thousands of dollars and an onslaught of logistics. here's how small, simple, plug-in solar arrays - and the laws to support them - are beginning to gain traction in the U.S.

Can Plug-in Solar Work in the U.S.?

Europeans have enjoyed it for years. Now, through careful state interventions and creative salesmanship from startups, Americans are close to having their turn.

heatmap.news

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Kyle Foreman @fork.bsky.social · Aug 28

Couldn’t Hurt

Kyle Foreman @fork.bsky.social · Aug 22

Of course

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Kyle Foreman @fork.bsky.social · Aug 20

FYI this week they introduced An Amazing Frog

Kyle Foreman @fork.bsky.social · Aug 9

Just imagined the French version of Yogi Bear saying “labubu” and now I’m so angry I need to walk around the backyard for a bit

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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · Aug 3

McKinsey believing from its board of directors on down that the current state of AI is existential to its business says far more about McKinsey than it does about AI lol apple.news/A8FLn2BPeRP6...

Already, the shape of the company is shifting. The firm has reduced its head count from about 45,000 people in 2023 to 40,000 through layoffs and attrition, in part to correct for an aggressive pandemic hiring spree. It has since also rolled out roughly 12,000 AI agents.
“Do I think that this is existential for our profession? Yes, I do,” said Kate Smaje, a senior partner Sternfels tapped to lead the firm’s AI efforts earlier this year. But, “I think it’s an existential good for us.”

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